McKenzie-Adams was convicted on 13 counts of second-degree assault and is appealing his conviction to the state
Supreme Court
.

He claims the state law violates his state and federal constitutional rights to sexual privacy, which he says includes the right to have a sexual relationship with anyone over the age of consent, which is 16.

When the relationship is alleged to have taken place, Glasser was 29 and the student was 16. Glasser is challenging his arrest on the same constitutional grounds in Hartford Superior Court.

Sexual predators should not be teachers, and any teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student is a predator.

The relationship between a teacher and a student is not one of equality. Students must be protected, and teachers who behave in this fashion should not be teaching.

The
state Board of Education
has asked Attorney General
Richard Blumenthal
to intervene in the McKenzie-Adams case before the Supreme Court. The board fears a ruling in favor of McKenzie-Adams would undermine efforts to strip sexual predators of their teaching certificates.

"State law prohibiting teachers from having sexual relationships with their high school students is constitutionally sound," said Blumenthal, adding "Teachers must be role models and mentors not sexual partners to their students."

More than two dozen states have similar laws criminalizing sexual relationships between teachers and students. These laws protect children and enforce the highest professional standards for teachers.